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Former BBC Presenter Peter Rowell Jailed for Breaching Sex Offender Notification Rules

The case underscores strict enforcement of notification rules for people on the sex offenders register.

Overview

  • Peter Rowell, 67, admitted two counts at Newport Magistrates' Court and received a 29‑week prison sentence.
  • One breach involved being at a property for more than 12 hours with a child under 18 without telling police.
  • He also travelled from Abergavenny to stay at an address in Pontypridd without reporting the stay to officers.
  • Prosecutors said he failed to disclose an address where he had stayed for at least seven days between November and March.
  • Rowell has been on the sex offenders register since his 2012 six‑year sentence for indecent assaults and child images, which requires him to report any address he lives at or stays at, including where children are present.